diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index c003f39ac1..ac05e56b23 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -74,6 +74,13 @@ if(HDF5_IS_PARALLEL)
   message(STATUS "Using parallel HDF5")
 endif()
 
+# Version 1.12 of HDF5 deprecates the H5Oget_info_by_idx() interface.
+# Thus, we give these flags to allow usage of the old interface in newer
+# versions of HDF5.
+if(NOT (${HDF5_VERSION} VERSION_LESS 1.12.0))
+  list(APPEND cxxflags -DH5Oget_info_by_idx_vers=1 -DH5O_info_t_vers=1)
+endif()
+
 #===============================================================================
 # Set compile/link flags based on which compiler is being used
 #===============================================================================